Deanin

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[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Today I was promoted to Director of Software at Detroit Defense!

Looking forward to expanding beyond Ruby on Rails tutorials into leadership one day soon.

Until then, we'll continue learning by doing. 😎

https://t.co/qYqygV3IIK

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@ThePrimeagen 15+ direct reports and an IC who also doesn't understand software development. Sure hope those employees weren't counting on their managers for career advice or mentorship.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

I filled out a reference letter for a former colleague and was asked to disclose their starting and ending salary.

I left "N/A" but I still feel dirty for even being asked the question.

Do better.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@strzibnyj @digitalocean If everything needs to be seen in the navbar, then nothing can be seen in the navbar.

I feel like every time I end up looking at nested scrollbars, I haven't even used 90% of the links before and have no intention to do so in the future.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@BillyBlueBlaze1 "I'm not dead yet!"

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Today I uploaded a beginner Ruby on Rails 8 tutorial on how to deploy your app to production on Digital Ocean.

Tools like Kamal are really going to change the game for people vibe coding Rails apps, or beginners looking to publish their first project!

https://t.co/IcepugQdEa

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@ThePrimeagen I can't believe there are people even entertaining the idea of defending LoC as a productivity metric.

I can't even imagine what my department would do to me if I told them to start measuring lines of code. 🤦

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@sbstnjmnzv @teej_dv @cmuratori Say it ain't so?! 😱

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@lucianghinda Sleeves are rolled up, let's get to work! 😁

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Today I uploaded my first Ruby on Rails 8 tutorial.

I decided to return to my roots and get things started with an absolute beginners guide to the framework

Looking forward to giving back to the community again and working on my backlog of suggestions!

https://t.co/zoS3xODmMJ

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@jesseagleboy Glad to be back! 🙂

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@SmithWebDev Thank you! I've missed doing it.

I'm trying to find a way to balance the new responsibilities while uploading. Hopefully I can do it a bit more regularly moving forward 🙂

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@DThompsonDev From a health perspective, I'm a little upset at 2024 me

From a career perspective, 2026 me owes 2024 me a great deal and I understand some of those health choices

Considering my 3 year plan, I think future Dean will be grateful to me for decisions I'm making today as well! 🙂

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@CDawgVA "Okay but hear me out"

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Good call. Glad I could contribute, Illy's mom seems like a good person so hopefully this can give her some comfort as she finds her way through this.

I know it would be a lot of extra bandwidth, and you don't have to commit publicly, but this may be a good annual charity tradition to consider. Some split between the foundation and Illy's mom. I'd personally be happy to pitch in each year.

Thanks either way for all you're doing. You're a good man, Mr. Drumsy.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@DrumsyOfficial I'm sorry to hear that. She seemed like a kind, warm person. I'm sure she left a mark on a lot of people through your collaborations.

She'll continue to live on in our memories and your videos.

All the best to you, as well as her family.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

I think what we're going to see is a short term contraction in educational content creation.

But ultimately it'll be cyclical. We'll come back with higher quality tutorials and courses.

I think LLMs have exposed the quality problem we've had for a while as opposed to purely reducing demand.

The important thing for people like us to keep in mind is the best time to buy is when the market is down, not when it's at an all time high.

It's a bit riskier, but I think now is the time to pivot towards higher quality content to prepare for when the market pivots back to courses and tutorials.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Finished putting together my Christmas present!

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

I think every educational content creator I've spoken with has felt similarly in recent times.

It's a bit scary because the LLMs are trained on our data. If we stop making them, and they stop learning from them, we'll hit a big "reset" point in the not-so-distant future.

But you also can't fault the people trying to learn. They're doing what they think is best and will allow them to learn as quickly as possible. And to be frank, I get it. A lot of videos don't respect the viewers time, they have mistakes. The passion isn't there. I know my passion and quality faltered at times.

I'm not quite sure what the answer is in the short term. But I think leaning even more towards the human experience may be the way to go.

In the long term, though? The demand will be cyclical. It just may take a different shape.

[Brad Traversy @traversymedia]

I saw a video from @maxedapps a few days ago about the death of coding tutorials on YouTube. I agree 100% with his take, but wanted to share my own opinions and plans.

https://t.co/HB3Jz4Q07a

YouTube, the tech industry, and the world have changed drastically over the past 5 years - mostly because of AI. We need to adapt.

We're working on a lot of stuff away from YouTube for 2026, but my crash courses aren't going anywhere. What I'll likely stop is the one-off long tutorials that take forever to make and people just don't seem to want anymore.

We're brainstorming new ways to teach that I think you'll get even more from. More info in the video.

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@lucianghinda Thanks Lucian!

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

Today I was promoted to Director of Software at Detroit Defense!

Looking forward to expanding beyond Ruby on Rails tutorials into leadership one day soon.

Until then, we'll continue learning by doing. 😎

https://t.co/qYqygV3IIK

[Deanin @Deaniocom]

@viktorianer4 Hahaha right back to business, I love it!